Ensuring quality in prehospital airway management

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-181

  Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotracheal intubation; Prehospital; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0037399077     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200304000-00011     Document Type: Review

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